New Board To Control City Parking
City council approves creating a board of parking commissioners to oversee off street parking and meters while keeping meter revenue under municipal control. Ordinances on vending machine and amusement device licenses move to first readings. public hearing planned for second readings.
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New Board
Council
Joseph Lourigan
Gordon McAleer
Board of Parking Commissioners
Fechner
79Th St
22Nd Ave
23Rd Ave
Johnson Rd
26Th Ave
80Th St
44Th Ave
67Th St
37Th Ave
52Nd St
43Rd St
5Th Ave
39Th Ave
60Th St
7Th Ave
59Th St
George Molinaro
Earl Morton
League of Municipalities
Whiteside
Madison
Harry Copen
Court Denies Rehearing in Tax Battle
The Wisconsin Supreme Court denied AMC a rehearing on a verdict awarding $336000 to the city for taxes on materials used in building aircraft engines from 1952 to 1954. AMC argued materials belonged to the government and could not be taxed. the high court’s 6-1 reversal last Jan. 7 stood, and no rehearing will be heard. City officials expect further action may come via a U S Supreme Court appeal.
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American Motors
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
AMC
A. L. Drury
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Atty. R
Faith based giving supports refugees and hunger relief
Funds raised through faith communities aid orphaned refugee children and the hungry. The message notes 96 percent of Hungarians resettled in America benefited, urging Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish groups to donate via specific relief funds in a public service ad.
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America
Catholic Bishops
Court upholds school district consolidation in Wisconsin
Wisconsin's 25 year campaign to consolidate school districts won approval from the State Supreme Court. The ruling holds that dissenting communities within a consolidated district cannot withdraw without consent from the remaining district.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
Israel begins Gaza withdrawal likely Wednesday
Informants say Israeli troops may start pulling out from the Gaza Strip and the Aqaba Gulf coast on Wednesday. In Washington, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles states the administration seeks a path for American journalists to visit Red China without lifting the overall travel ban.
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Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
Aqaba Gulf
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Red China
Pope Urges Campaign Against Sexualized Posters in Rome
Pope Pius XII called for a Lenten drive to remove sexy posters and signs advertising movies from streets and walls in Rome. He also condemned pornographic periodicals at newsstands and cinema and television that invade the home with bold displays.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Rome
Accord Sought On Jet Base Land Deals As Farmers Protest Prices
Government and private appraisers will compare notes on land samples needed for the Bong air base after farmers warned they cannot relocate without heavy losses. The three hour session in Paddock Lake included six owners with private appraisals 20 to 30 percent below government offers.
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Bong Air Base
Fisher
Paddock Lake
Hy. 43
Federal Land Bank
Brighton Township
Pravda Praises Stalin On Death Anniversary
Pravda marked the fourth anniversary of Joseph Stalin's death with praise for the late dictator while omitting direct reference to the anniversary. The report echoes state praise without noting commemorative details.
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Pravda
Stalin
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Court Rules Doctor Practiced Fraudulently
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a Milwaukee ruling that Isaac E. Josefsberg did not deserve medical licensure. He forged his diploma from the University of Vienna and practiced for decades in Wisconsin, Kansas City and Florida before license revocation in 1955.
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Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Isaac E. Josefsberg
Florida State Hospital
Wisconsin
University of Vienna Medical School
Kansas City
Florida
The
American Medical Association
University of Vienna
Josefsberg
Vienna
Wisconsin Medical Board
Milwaukee
Francis X. Swietlik
Can't Use Phone As Home Burns In Rural Duluth
A Duluth mother, unable to call the Rice Lake volunteer fire department due to a party line, helped carry five children to safety as flames leveled her home. A passing salesman and milkman aided the rescue while firemen arrived to find only the chimney still standing.
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Duluth
Minn
Edward Shatto
Rice Lake
Allen J. Lester Circus Publicist Dies in California
Allen J. Lester a veteran circus and theatrical publicist died in a Burbank hospital after a heart attack. The death occurred Monday and prompted tributes from colleagues in show business.
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Burbank
Calif
Allen J. Lester
Two Truman aides sentenced for government fraud conspiracy
Matthew J. Connelly and T. Lamar Cau were sentenced to two years in prison and fined 2500 dollars each after a jury conviction. Federal Judge Gunar H. Nordbye denied a motion for a new trial citing no evidence of Judge Hulen's mental disturbance at the time of the trial.
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St. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
T. Lamar Caudie
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Rubey M. Hulen
Hulen
Caudle
Connelly
Nordbye
Death in Closet Ruled Accident
A Camden County coroner ruled 4-year-old Mary Jane Barker died accidentally from starvation and exposure after being trapped for a week in a closet of a vacant under construction house. An autopsy indicated she lived about three days in the dark space before dying. Smudge marks on the plaster wall showed attempts to escape.
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Gellmanr
N. J
Mary Jane Barker
Camden County
Robert J. Bale
Barber elected to 50th term as Sherborn town clerk
Elijah C. Barber, 82, was elected yesterday to his 50th one-year term as Sherborn town clerk, maintaining a long tenure in the Massachusetts town.
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Sherborn
Mass
Elijah C. Barber
Four-Ward Primary Sees Measured Voter Turnout
By noon 328 Kenoshans had voted in the county supervisor primaries in four city wards. Final turnout could exceed 2,400 with 3,000 not unlikely. Rural precincts also vote for town offices. Polls close 7 p.m. in Somers and 8 p.m. in Salem and city.
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Kenoshans
Joseph Sawicki
Somers
Salem
Explosion at St Catherine's Hospital Collapses Chimney
A gas main explosion at St Catherine's hospital boiler area injures plant engineer Alfred Bale and narrowly misses three excavation workers as top 20 feet of a 60 foot chimney collapses. Nuns escape unharmed. hospital works to restore heat while gas fumes are investigated.
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Evening News
St. Catherine's Hospital
Vernon Knudson
Clarence Wade
Russ Wade
Eastside Wrecking Co
Alfred Bale
James Smith
Joseph Trotta
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Otto Rizzotto
Otto
Texaco
Sheridan Rd
43Rd Ave
British Plane Crash Kills 17
A Beverley transport from the RAF base at Abingdon crashed into two farm houses near its base in Drayton England. Seventeen people were killed fifteen airmen and two occupants. The craft carried 18 on board three airmen survived with injuries.
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Drayton
England
Air Ministry
Abingdon
Malta
Nose wheel collapse halts DC6 takeoff in Chicago
A Flying Tiger Lines DC6 freighter suffered a nose wheel failure during takeoff in Chicago but no crew members were injured. The aircraft, en route to New York, sustained damage and was out of service pending inspection.
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Chicago
Flying Tiger Lines
New York
Weather Summary for Kenosha and North Wisconsin
Cold spell continues with light snow earlier in northern Wisconsin. Tonight to Wednesday mostly cloudy with low 15 to 25 and high around 28 to 20. Daytime readings included 36 at AM and 37 downtown with 30 low and 34 high yesterday. Sunrise 6 20 a m. sunset 5 46 p m.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
American Motors
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Barrows
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Advertising Council
Pope
B. A .Fisher
Chicago Corps of Engineers Realty Section
Clarence Nyhns
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E. T. Calvert
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Joseph Warren
Art Daniels
Fred Wieners
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